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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Flexibility of mobile laboratory unit in support of patient management during the 2007 ebola-zaire outbreak in the democratic republic of congo
Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 59, No. SUPPL.2, Year 2012
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Description
The mobile laboratory provides a safe, rapid and flexible platform to provide effective diagnosis of Ebola virus as well as additional differential diagnostic agents in remote settings of equatorial Africa. During the 2007 Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak of Ebola-Zaire, the mobile laboratory was set up in two different locations by two separate teams within a day of equipment arriving in each location. The first location was in Mweka where our laboratory took over the diagnostic laboratory space of the local hospital, whereas the second location, approximately 50km south near Kampungu at the epicentre of the outbreak, required local labour to fabricate a tent structure as a suitable pre-existing structure was not available. In both settings, the laboratory was able to quickly set up, providing accurate and efficient molecular diagnostics (within 3h of receiving samples) for 67 individuals, including four cases of Ebola, seven cases of Shigella and 13 cases of malaria. This rapid turn-around time provides an important role in the support of patient management and epidemiological surveillance. © 2012 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.
Authors & Co-Authors
Grolla, Allen
Canada, Winnipeg
National Microbiology Laboratory
Jones, Steven M.
Canada, Winnipeg
National Microbiology Laboratory
Kobinger, Gary P.
Canada, Winnipeg
National Microbiology Laboratory
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Sprecher, Armand G.
Belgium, Brussels
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Brussels
Girard, G.
Gabon, Franceville
Centre International de Recherches Medicales de Franceville
Yao, Michel K.
Canada, Winnipeg
National Microbiology Laboratory
Roth, Cathy Ellen
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Artsob, Harvey A.
Canada, Winnipeg
National Microbiology Laboratory
Feldmann, Heinz
Canada, Winnipeg
National Microbiology Laboratory
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Strong, James E.
Canada, Winnipeg
National Microbiology Laboratory
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01477.x
ISSN:
18631959
e-ISSN:
18632378
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Congo